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The Witch (1882) - painted on a tambourine - by Luis Ricardo Falero (Spain, 1851–1896).

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In old lore Bride, the Princess of Summer, is enslaved by the Cailleach, hag goddess of winter. Bride is given snowdrops by kindly Father Winter, which she shows to the hag, who is enraged as they mean her reign is coming to an end. Img: Cicely Barker

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The Fates were a common motif in European polytheism, most frequently represented as a group of 3 mythological goddesses.They were often depicted as weavers of a tapestry dictating the destinies of humans.The witches in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' resemble the Fates

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KUBIKAJIRI (首かじり) head-eating ghost or ghoul of Japanese folklore rumoured to lurk in graveyards

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Now that my shifter book is with my beta readers I need to figure out what to work on next 🙈

Do I:

A) Go back to my book about a princess and her dragon with enemies to lovers
B) Finish my mermaid book with a love triangle
C) Start my Irish folklore inspired witch/faerie book

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2020-01-30

A changeling is a human-like creature found in folklore throughout Europe.A changeling was believed to be a fairy child that had been left in place of a human child stolen by the fairies. One belief is that trolls wanted to give their children a human upbringing

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Hello! My name is Ashe. I'm an L.A.-based illustrator, currently working on an original comic and doing freelance gigs in between. Sometimes I animate things too. Follow if you like Russian folklore, 80s music references and anime vampires. ~🦇

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Hey! I'm Luna, I love drawing atmospheric scenes and folklore 🌟

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In Irish folklore the Selkie woman could only shed her skin once every 7 years to become human and dance under the moon. This limitation was held to be due to the fact that the Selkie housed a condemned soul or may have been a fallen angel


🎨Melissa Schaschwary

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2020-01-28

RED CAP Malignant Vampiric that belongs to the border country between England and Scotland. He keeps his hat red using human blood. You can repel him by making the sign of the cross – he will vanish leaving only a long tooth! 🎨Brian Froud

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ALP. German shapeshifting Can terrify people with the EVIL EYE and drink blood or milk through the nipples of both sexes. Likes to wear a magical invisibility hat; shares some traits with the incubus.

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Inspired by the photo "Peasant Girls" of Prokudin-Gorsky, made around a century ago in the Russian Empire, and by the music video (Cossack's lezginka) of Otava Yo where these girls became alive again
link https://t.co/XeUaPwgVZ6

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2020-01-28

Echidna is called the Mother of Monsters in Greek Hesiod described her as half beauty and half serpent beast, huge, brightly colored and voracious. Echidna gave birth to Cerberus and the Hydra, the Chimera and the Sphinx.

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2020-01-27

Celebrate Chinese New Years with four Chinese folklore myths.

Learn about The Tale of Painted Skin (Hua Pi 画皮), Hanged Ghost (Diaosi Gui 吊死鬼), Chinese Vampire/Zombie (Jiangshi 僵尸) & Hungry Ghost (E Gui 饿鬼)

https://t.co/XbB9rQtIE8

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2020-01-26

'Monsters and me' - a blog post I wrote last year about my love of monsters on page and screen. I focus on the Balrog, Grendel and the Pale Man:

https://t.co/L5P1C4C4Bl

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2020-01-25

Mephistopheles is a demon featured in German folklore. He originally appeared in literature as the demon in the Faust legend, and he has since appeared in other works as a stock character. https://t.co/8wV4FpUzRF

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2020-01-24

Sakuan: Of Rice and Ruin

This is the kind of weird cute game that I tend to fall for - looks like a 2d action platformer but with some kind of rice cultivation mechanic and cute visuals. Anything steeped in japanese folklore or myth does it, really.

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The blooms of a foxglove are heliotropic and they follow the light. I love that, according to folklore, if a person strongly believes in fairies, the blooms bend in their direction too. (Image: Rachel Ruijsch)

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Livia's laurel tree soon became a thriving grove, and the Julio-Claudian emperors fashioned their crowns from its leaves. Under Nero, the entire grove of laurels suddenly died, which was seen as a sign of the dynasty's impending doom.

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